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Recent Examples of discounter
Spirit Airlines, the scrappy discounter that once rattled the industry with cheeky ads and rock-bottom fares, took its final flight after 34 years of upending the business of flying.
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Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter.
—Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Rival discounter Frontier Airlines of Denver, a perennial suitor, has fallen short of reaching a deal on multiple occasions.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The discounter is being impacted by both macro issues and its own internal merchandising issues.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
The iconic Florida discounter has been at risk of shutting down.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2026
But rival Target reported earlier this week another quarterly decline in profits and sales during the critical holiday period as the discounter struggles with its own merchandising missteps and confronts a consumer who is focusing more on essentials.
—ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
Sara Barber, senior director of supply chain inventory and returns at Ariat International, described a returns ecosystem that combines software and human decision-making to determine whether a product could be resold in a secondary market, an outlet store or a discounter.
—Peter Sadera, Sourcing Journal, 6 Feb. 2026
Rival discounter Frontier Airlines of Denver, a perennial suitor, has fallen short of reaching a deal on multiple occasions.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 22 Jan. 2026
The discounter is being impacted by both macro issues and its own internal merchandising issues.
—David Moin, Footwear News, 24 Nov. 2025
The store was an immediate hit, a new idea in retail that combined some of the best department store features – including strong customer experience – with the prices of a discounter.
—Dan Gingiss, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for discounter
Noun
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Bricks-and-mortar retailers that moved online faced a similar shock when digital-native competitors such as Amazon built their entire operation around e-commerce.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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The group said the study doesn’t account for the expenses to retailers of using cash, including the cost of cash pickups and bank charges, or the benefits of credit cards, such as protections against fraud and faster transaction times.—
Shannon Pettypiece,
NBC news,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Costco, the discount wholesaler, is the most challenging.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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Born in Nagano in 1932, Suzuki joined retailer Ito-Yokado in 1963 after working at a book wholesaler.—
Reuters 20 hr ago,
CNN Money,
25 May 2026
Noun
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Among the company’s near-term priorities are integrating and expanding MM Mega Market, a Vietnamese wholesale distributor of consumer goods recently acquired from TCC for around $720 million, and expanding the use of artificial intelligence.—
Kevin Lim,
CNBC,
31 May 2026
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Since then, the former has broken a handful of records for A24, becoming its youngest filmmaker and logging the indie distributor/production company’s biggest ever opening weekend with $118 million worldwide at the box office.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
31 May 2026
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Long-term holders — defined as those who have held onto their coins for at least 155 days, or about five months — were largely inactive from February to April but have turned into sellers in recent weeks, Compass Point analyst Ed Engel said in a note Tuesday.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
4 June 2026
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Stacks of pancakes and with sausage, bacon or livermush are also top sellers.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The firm upgraded the ticket reseller to buy from neutral.—
Fred Imbert,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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The secondhand online reseller also tapped celebrity stylist Harry Lambert to give insights into the season from his work across the worlds of music and red carpet styling.—
Kanika Talwar,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026
Noun
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While Australia is a net energy exporter, a sustained rise in commodities costs could ultimately weigh on consumer demand.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
3 June 2026
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Venezuela was the largest exporter of petroleum and oil to Cuba through 2021.—
Luisa Blanco,
Sun Sentinel,
2 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Discounter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/discounter. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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